Stylized Aesthetic QR Code
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Original language | English |
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Article number | 8604076 |
Pages (from-to) | 1960-1970 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal / Publication | IEEE Transactions on Multimedia |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 8 |
Online published | 7 Jan 2019 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
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Abstract
With the continued proliferation of smart mobile
devices, the Quick Response (QR) code has become one of the
most-used types of two-dimensional code in the world. Aiming at
beautifying the visual-unpleasant appearance of QR codes, existing
works have developed a series of techniques. However, these works
still leave much to be desired, such as personalization, artistry, and
robustness. To address these issues, in this paper, we propose a novel
type of aesthetic QR codes, Stylized aEsthEtic (SEE) QR code, and
a three-stage approach to automatically produce such robust styleoriented codes. Specifically, in the first stage, we propose a method
to generate an optimized baseline aesthetic QR code, which reduces
the visual contrast between the noise-like black/white modules and
the blended image. In the second stage, to obtain an art style
QR code, we tailor an appropriate neural style transformation
network to endow the baseline aesthetic QR code with artistic
elements. In the third stage, we design a module-based robustness optimization mechanism to ensure the performance robust by
balancing two competing terms: visual quality and readability.
Extensive experiments demonstrate that the SEE QR code has high
quality in terms of both visual appearance and robustness and also
offers a greater variety of personalized choices to users.
Research Area(s)
- QR code, robust, style-oriented, visual aesthetics
Citation Format(s)
Stylized Aesthetic QR Code. / Xu, Mingliang; Su, Hao; Li, Yufei; Li, Xi; Liao, Jing; Niu, Jianwei; Lv, Pei; Zhou, Bing.
In: IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 21, No. 8, 8604076, 08.2019, p. 1960-1970.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review